Fishers fear seismic impulse impact

The Port Campbell Professional Fishermen's Association is concerned marine life will be damaged in the Bay of Islands Coastal Park when Origin Energy starts exploring for petroleum there.

The company will send out seismic impulses to search for the resource.

The Victorian Government banned that type of testing in 2003 because it was unconvinced the technology would not damage the environment.

The association's Ronald Jacobs says the seismic shockwaves will damage the fish populations in the bay.

"You can't explode things in the water and send soundwaves through without doing any damage, this happens to be the highway of all the young crayfish eggs, abalone eggs, fish eggs, periwinkles etc, it just destroys the whole lot," he said.